A2.2 Outline
ملخص المستوى A2.2
Lesson 49 / الدرس 49
Moroccan houses are different from American ones
Explanation
a. Verbs with short u (u) in the present tense
b. bhal = like / "بحال" = مثل
c. küll = all / "كُلّ" = كل
Lesson 50 / الدرس 50
In the old town the buildings are close together
Explanation
a. It is possible that
b. The present tense of the verb to be
c. When not to use ka- / ta-
d. Numerals 11 to 100
Lesson 51 / الدرس 51
Moroccans eat 4 times a day
Explanation
a. Relative clauses
b. Kayen
c. Sometimes, often, occasionally
d. ... times
Lesson 52 / الدرس 52
Tajine and couscous: Typical Moroccan dishes
Explanation / الشرح
a. The verb to take
b. Si
c. Tess- = to have to
d. Giving instructions
e. Requests
Lesson 53 / الدرس 53
Eat some more! . . . No thank you, I am full up
Explanation
a. The present tense of verbs of the type vo'/r
b. Adapting to the following consonant
c. snu = what
d. Expressing pleasure
Lesson 54 / الدرس 54
Where did you learn Arabic?
Explanation
a. Present tense conjugation of verbs of the type vqr"
b. The present tense of the verb vq°/1 = to say
c. The future tense
d. Expressing surprise
Lesson 55 / الدرس 55
Moroccans in the USA should learn English
Explanation
a. The past tense of the verb vk/n
b. A continuous or repeated action in the past
c. Present tense of verbs with identical second and third radicals
Lesson 56 / الدرس 56
In Morocco we speak Arabic, Berber, and French
Explanation / الشرح
a. Words derived from geographical names
b. The active participle / اسم الفاعل
c. Long forms of prepositions f-, b- and l-
d. (Dis) agreeing with someone
Lesson 57 / الدرس 57
A history lesson in a Moroccan classroom
Explanation
a. The past tense of verbs with 3 consonant radicals
b. Past tense with present meaning
c. Correcting a wrong answer
d. Remembering and forgetting
e. Being able to do something
Lesson 58 / الدرس 58
In the country not all children go to school
Explanation
a. The conditional sentence with ila
b. Several verbs in sequence
c. Moroccan syntax
Lesson 59 / الدرس 59
It's difficult to teach Arabic in the UK
Explanation
a. Plurals that are grammatically treated as feminine singular
b. A special form of the number 2
c. To say, think, know, etc. that (belli)
d. Stating an opinion
Lesson 60 / الدرس 60
I don't enjoy my job
Explanation / الشرح
a. Asking about (dis)pleasure
b. Accepting an apology
c. The days of the week
d. Time
Lesson 61 / الدرس 61
Jobs and old crafts in Morocco
Explanation
a. lli as a compound relative pronoun
b. Past tense of weak verbs
c. Jobs
d. Still/not yet: baqi, ma-zal
Lesson 62 / الدرس 62
Fez is the city of the old crafts
Explanation
a. Overview of different types of verbs
b. Form II of the verb
c. fayn as a relative pronoun
d. Nouns derived from verbs (verbal nouns)
e. The suffix for 'him' again
Lesson 63 / الدرس 63
Doctor, my stomach hurts
Explanation
a. If the antecedent is not the subject of the relative clause
b. Asking about and expressing (un)certainty
c. Expressing fear/worry
d. There's no need
Lesson 64 / الدرس 64
Doctors, specialists, and other health workers
Explanation
a. fa- as a presenting or accentuating particle
b. The passive participle
c. Elements of storytelling
d. Derived forms
Lesson 65 / الدرس 65
In a Moroccan hospital
Explanation
a. Comparative and superlative
b. Auxiliary verbs
c. Participles of the derived forms